CHASSIS – A Framework for Creating Healthy And Sustainable Systems In Schools
Planting Seeds to Create Change – Growing a Healthy Future
Creating Healthy and Sustainable Systems in Schools
Planting Seeds to Create Change - Growing a Healthy Future
A road map towards healthy and sustainable communities.
This outline specific to Calaveras Unified School District (CUSD)
Mission
Develop networks of schools, community organizations, businesses and individuals that
educate our children and community members for a sustainable and healthy future.
Support and promote healthy and sustainable lifestyles in schools and communities by
building and maintaining school and community gardens, implementing garden-based
nutrition education, developing farm to school programs, promoting physical activity and
teaching children and adults how to grow and prepare healthy food. Incorporate
renewable energy, conservation of resources, participation, community service and positive
life skills into the fabric of the school environment.
Elements of a Healthy and Sustainable School
Academics, Arts and Agriculture
Buildings and Behavior
Community, Climate and Computers
Democracy (Leadership and Citizenship)
Energy and Environment
Fundamentals (Vocational Education) and Finances
Gardens and Grounds
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Human Health - Nutrition and Physical Activity
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School Gardens/Agriculture Programs
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School Based Community Gardens at each School Site
i.
Opportunity to include community members is a school based project
1. Parents who may not get involved other aspects of their child’s
education may want to help on this type of project.
ii. Designate space on campus for school and community gardens
iii. Community members and school work together to maintain and use
garden for food and a learning lab.
iv. Existing Sites (Goal is to have gardens at all sites 6 ES, 1 MS, 1 HS)
1. Valley Springs Elementary School (5 years)
a. Training site and demonstration Garden for all programs
b. Yearly “Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden”
workshop
c. Autumn Hesser/Odile Morrison
2. West Point Elementary (8 years)
a. Jim Casey, Katie Hood
3. Rail Road Flat Elementary
a. Bev Eckland
4. Toyon Middle School
a. Gardening and Landscaping Class
b. Growing food for food service, home-ec cooking classes and
students to take home.
c. Potential Site for Community Farm and Farmers Market
5. Calaveras High School
Master Garden in Every School (Autumn Hesser, Odile Morrison, Debbie
Powell)
i.
Parent Master Gardeners (to support existing and future gardens)
1. School Parent Clubs Sponsor Parent Master Gardeners
a. Pay for Master Garden Class ($180)
b. Volunteer time done in school that sponsors
ii. Help design and implement garden programs at each school site
iii. Use Jr. Master Gardeners Program at sites
iv. High School/ Middle School Master Gardener Apprentice Program
1. Work at Master Garden in San Andreas
2. Work with Ag Program at High School
3. Work with Middle School and Elementary Students
4. Students earn their master gardener status
v. Promotes Master Garden program and brings more volunteers into the
program to work in the community and in the schools.
vi. Food used on campus and in community
1. Student Cooking/ food preparation programs
2. School Cafeteria (Salad Bars, Lunch Menu)
3. Students take home to families
4. Donations to Food Bank/ Local Pantries
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vii. Composting Programs
Cross School Curriculum (Middle School teaching elementary etc.)
i.
Have students help teach younger students
1. High School – Middle School and Elementary
2. Middle Scho0l – Elementary -6th graders -younger
High School Ag Program working with local producers (Jason Weatherby)
i.
Students work at local farms for school credit
ii. Apprenticeships to train next generation of producers
1. Turn into potential jobs after graduating
iii. Student time in exchange for reduced price farm/ranch product
1. Food used as part of the Farm to School Lunch Program
District/County Farm (Full Circle Farm – Sunnyvale model)
i.
Develop a 5-15 acre farm that can produce food for
1. School lunch program
2. Farmers market/ Food bank/ Senior homes/ hospitals etc
3. CSA
ii. Farmer works with FFA/High School Ag students and local volunteers to
run the farm
iii. Find ideal locations
1. Below Toyon
a. Highly visible/connected to school
b. Ties into football and soccer families
c. Has water - (300 gpm well)
d. Low Valley – Soil
2. Others locations open for discussion.
3. Purchase or donated land - possible long term use arrangement.
Farmers Market – Soccer Saturdays (Built in clientele)
i.
Provide venue for school gardens/farm local producers to sell and promote
their products
ii. Saturday during soccer season at middle field (Old portable location)
1. 1000 + community members there for soccer each Saturday
iii. Work with CalaverasGROWN (Sean Kriletich) , Mother Lode Harvest and
(Michele Grondin) and UCCE (Dorothy Smith))
iv. Sell produce grown on campuses to raise money for gardens.
v. High School Senior project (FFA?) to be market managers
vi. Site based markets at each school site on Fridays to generate $ for gardens
vii. Use school sites as a CSA distribution system - send food home with kids
Food Bank Donations (Jeannie Hayward – Resource Connection)
i.
Work with students to take home food to families of our schools that are in
need.
ii. Donate extra produce to the food bank
iii. Work with food bank to provide “energy bags” for students to take home
1. Schools are pick up points (CHS Model)
iv. Educate students on the resources that are available for families in need.
v. Encourage students to get their families to donate if they are able to help
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Nutrition Education
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Garden to plate cooking lessons – Teachers/parent volunteers (Kristi Hyllen)
i.
Lessons using the food grown in school garden.
1. Students prepare and eat the food they have grown
2. Learn Nutritional values of food
3. Develop taste and knowledge base to use the food they grow
4. Carry this knowledge back to families and community
UC Cooperative Extension Lessons – Farm to Fork Curriculum (Dorothy Smith)
i.
Continue to utilize these resources at the elementary schools
ii. Incorporate lessons and curriculum district wide
Project EAT model - Alameda COE - Christine Boynton
i.
K-12 credentialed nutrition educators - filling the void
Home Ec/Cooking Classes
i.
Bring back Home Economics and Cooking Electives
1. Focus on nutrition and cooking from locally grown products
ii. Middle School
1. Food prep class (prepare food for salad bar and school lunches)
2. Cooking classes
iii. High School
1. More involved classes preparing students for jobs in the nutrition
and or food industry.
Community Transformation Grant – Joan Mazzetti
i.
Address Sugary Beverage Policy/Habits
Wellness Policy/Committee Development
i.
Mike Merrill (District Admin), Valerie Vasile (UCCE), Trish Baugus (DO
Food Service Manger), Judy Mossa (Food Service), Kevin Hesser,
(Teacher) Zerrall McDaniel (School Board), Dan Klement (Site Admin),
Sabrina Gillette (Parent)
ii. Revise Policy and Set district priorities for 2012/2013
1. Consistent and sequential nutrition education lessons K-6
2. Meeting 200 min in 10 days of Physical Education a priority for K-6
3. Educate community about Wellness Policy and create site committees
Adult Nutrition/Cooking Education Classes –
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Kitchen Facility Grant (By football fields? MPR? Home Ec Room?)
1. Build a kitchen/classroom facility to be used for student and adult
Education (Or use existing Home Ec facility at Toyon)
a. Toyon – Parents are there for football/soccer
i.
Take class while child practices
ii. Cook meal for the evening
2. Classes offered by different agencies - Utilize Toyon’s Existing
Home Ec Facility (Demo Kitchen and 4 full kitchen stations)
a. Jr. College (Delta/Columbia)
i.
Offer satellite courses to local adults and students
ii. Day or evening classes
b. UC Cooperative Education
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Farm to School Program/Food Service
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Extension Classes and Opportunities
CUSD
Community Groups
Resource Connection
Master Preservers
Farm to school food program
i.
Food Service works with Local Farmers
1. Find local producers that can provide products to the district
a. Availability
b. Prices
ii. Local products used for school lunch program.
1. Use these products as part of the school lunch program
Student involvement in food preparation for district
i.
ROP-Food service program at high school?
1. Centralized kitchen that utilizes students to help prepare food for
the school. (Possible multiple schools)
2. Program trains students to work in school food service or
restaurant industry
ii. Food Preparation course at middle School?
1. Students work with food service to help prepare meals
a. Elective course
b. Work with food service with teacher advisor?
c. Help with basic food preparation for the day
i.
Chop food for salad bar/ meals
ii. Make pasta etc.
iii. One prep class (2nd period) one cooking class (3rd)
Jr. College Program to train Food Service Directors/ Personnel on how to run a
Farm to School Program
i.
Work directly with CUSD as part of their program
1. College students use CUSD as their training grounds
a. Training to be food service directors or run restaurants that
utilize the farm to school model.
Schools with similar programs in place - good models
a. Manteca Unified - Patty Page/Chef Bryan
b. Santa Cruz Unified
c. Friday Harbor (Washington State)
d. School Food (Santa Barbara - Orfalea Foundation/SBCC)
i.
“Culinary Bootcamp” for food service workers
Physical Education/Mental Well Being
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Let’s Move/PE Classes/Physical/Recess Mile Club etc.
Counseling/Intervention
This section is under development
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Energy and Environment - Resource
Conservation
Solar – Wind Power Partnership with PG&E - CPPA
1. Provide educational opportunities for students and community
i.
Kiosks, information boards around campus
1. Students research and create information boards
a. Detailed information on each type of power source
b. Environmental benefits (and drawbacks) of each source
ii. Visible Panel Locations – Allows for educational and public relations
opportunities
1. Parking Lots/Building Roofs
2. Provide shade for sports field bleachers
iii. Computer programs monitoring production for science classes to use
1. Students can learn how the panels work under different conditions
2. Track Power output and chart information
3. Figure our costs of panels and power output
a. Potential payback on investment
iv. Demonstrations on wind, hydro and solar power productions.
v. Installers, energy producers give presentations
1. Community classes and presentations to the students
a. Producers/ Installers can have a venue to teach others about
the trade and technology
b. Students can have the opportunity to learn about the trade
as a possible career choice
2. Key Partners and Individuals to work on Project
i.
PG&E (Chevron?)
1. Buy power from 3rd party funder
2. School District leases space to 3rd party
ii. CPPA (Dennis Dickman)
1. Currently provides power to CUSD and other public agencies
2. Offers grants and money to customers for energy efficiency
iii. Sierra Business Council (Timothy Dondero, Emily Williams)
1. Works with local businesses in the Sierra Foothills
2. Working towards energy efficiency and sustainability goals
iv. Jep Peckler, Jim Pesout, Cynthia Przybyla, Autumn Hesser, Kevin Hesser
1. Have met to discuss above ideas
Waste and Recycling Programs - Composting etc
Water and Natural Resource Conservation Programs - EBMUD-Forestry etc
Environmental Education/Energy Conservation Programs
Stewardship Through Education Programs (Mary Ann Garamendi)
LOGIC model - Manteca Unified - Green Summits SJRCC - Resource for recycling and other conservation
More detailed ways to address these issues under development
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Leadership and Community Involvement
Opportunities for Students
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Student Leadership Teams
i.
Student Council
ii. Safe School Ambassadors
iii. School Activities/Clubs
1. Recycling
2. Gardening
3. Beautification
4. Peer Tutoring
5. Relay for Life
6. Club Live
7. Service Learning
Peer teaching Opportunities
i.
Missing Links
ii. Middle School – Elementary Opportunities
1. Garden/Nutrition
2. School work parties
3. Plays, band, science presentations etc.
Collaborate with other Schools on-line Forums
i.
Network.fivefreedom.org
ii. Other garden based schools
iii. Share ideas and bring back to their own
Bring the students to the community
i.
Community Service/ Service Learning
1. Local Organizations
2. Nursing Homes
3. Volunteer for businesses
4. Volunteer - Community Service(CS) Corps
a. Students can keep track of volunteers/ CS hours
b. Raise awareness of volunteer/ CS
i.
What does it look like
ii. What are the opportunities
iii. How can the student help
ii. Cooperative Education - Vocational internships in Community
1. Collaborate with local businesses/organizations to provide
educational and training opportunities for high school and middle
school students to work with specific educational goals.
2. Students get work/life experience and high school credit and
businesses get to train the next generation to fill the needs in our
community
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Community Involvement in the Schools
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Community/ parent Volunteers
i.
Community, State, National Partners
1. Parent Clubs
2. Calaveras Master Gardeners
3. UC Cooperative Education – Ag and Nutrition (Dorothy Smith)
4. Resource Connection – Food Bank (Jeannie Hayward)
5. Delta or Columbia Jr. College
6. 4-H, FFA, Youth Sports Leagues
7. Rotary/Lions Club
8. FoodCorps
9. Calaveras County Farm Bureau
10. UC Davis Children’s Garden
ii. Bring in community leaders and businesses
1. Guest Speakers in Classrooms
iii. Volunteer time, materials, money to school project
Park/recreation area near sports fields. (Possible $100,000 LOWES grant?)
i.
Facility for community use (CYSL, Football etc)
1. Snack bar/bathrooms
2. Native plants garden
3. Picnic/gathering areas
4. Trees
ii. Environmental/ Nature Center (Carmel Middle School)
*Partnership with EBMUD?
1. Coordinate with Stewardship Through Education
2. Utilize drainage behind campus for science, local ecology lessons
a. Work with rancher to use for educational purposes
i.
Hikes, nature studies/observations
ii. Data collection etc.
iii. Kitchen Facility Grant (By football fields? MPR? Home Ec Room?)
1. Build a kitchen/classroom facility to be used for student and adult
Education
a. Toyon – Parents are there for football/soccer
i.
Take class while child practices
ii. Cook meal for the evening
Farmers Market – Soccer Saturdays (Built in clientele) (Michele Grondin)
i.
Provide venue for local producers/school to sell and promote their
products
ii. Saturday during soccer season at middle field (Old portable location)
1. 1000 + community members there for soccer each Saturday
iii. Work with CalaverasGROWN and UC Cooperative Extension etc
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Buildings and Grounds
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Looking at the Health and Sustainability aspects of school buildings and grounds.
Based on Green Schools Initiative - Berkeley http://www.greenschools.net/
This section under development
Academics
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3.
Common Core Standards development
Educational opportunities and focuses
This section under development
10. Vocational Education
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School Climate and Culture
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15.
Looking at the technology needs of the school district. (Ric Stitt)
This section under development
Arts
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Character Education
Safe School Ambassadors - Address Mistreatment and the po
Choose Civility (CCOE - Kathy Northington)
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
This section under development
Technology
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ROP and other programs to prepare students for the workforce
This section under development
Visual and Performing arts programs at all levels
This section under development
Transportation
Funding/Grant Opportunities
1.
Research and find opportunities to fund the projects
i.
Lowe’s $2000 - $20,000
1. $100,000 LOWES Grant
ii. Captain Planet Foundation $2500
iii. csgn.org - California School Garden Network
iv. calfertilizer.org $1200
v. Mantis Rototiller
vi. State Farm Youth Development ($100,000)
http://www.statefarm.com/aboutus/community/grants/company/company.
asp
vii. CTA – www.teacherdrivenchange.org - $20,000
viii. www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/champions.aspx
1. $10,000 P.E. Healthy Diet
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Western Growers Foundation - $1500
Individual and Corporate Donors.
1. Bill Gates Foundation
2. Large Agriculture Producers Etc
xi. Research additional Large/ Multi-year Grant Opportunities
1. Kellogg Foundation
2. USDA – Federal Grants
3. California Dept. of Agriculture/state grants
4. Others…….
xii. Local Fundraisers
1. Sell Vegetables and plant starts.
2. Dinner/ Auction Etc
xiii. Create a 501(c)3 non-profit foundation or partner with an existing one
1. Resource Connection
2. FoCuS
3. CUSD Educational Foundation
4. Blue Mountain Coalition
5. Calaveras Community Foundation
2.
Work with multiple agencies to find common objectives
1. Reach more community members
2. Increase funding options and opportunities for combined ventures.
3. UCCE, Calaveras Coutny Health Dept. Etc
3. Look for Funding source to hire part-time (future full time) Garden/ Nutrition
Coordinator
i.
Coordinate garden/ nutrition programs at all sites.
1. Work with Calaveras Master Gardeners to coordinate volunteer
program
2. Help on site to teach garden lessons
3. Work on site to establish or expand current garden programs
ii. Work with food service and local farmers to establish and facilitate farm
to school programs
1. Put together partnerships with local growers etc.
iii. Research and write grants to continue funding projects at all schools
Action For Healthy Kids http://www.actionforhealthykids.org/upcoming-events/grantopportunities/school-grants-for-healthy.html
USDA Farm to School Grants http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/f2s/f2_grant_program.htm
CVS $5,000 http://info.cvscaremark.com/community/our-impact/community-grants
Target Grants https://corporate.target.com/corporate-responsibility/grants
Rural School and Community Trust http://www.ruraledu.org/articles.php?category=158
Home Depot http://homedepotfoundation.org/page/applying-for-a-grant
Wal-Mart http://foundation.walmart.com/apply-for-grants/local-giving
Multiple Opportunities http://www.usaonwatch.org/resource/grantsfunding.aspx
List of Many Grant
Opportunities*****http://www.boostcollaborative.org/fundingopportunities
Websites and Resources being used in the development of the
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CHASSIS Framework
Sustainable Schools Project – Vermont http://www.sustainableschoolsproject.org/
Healthy School Environment - CA http://www.healthyschoolenvironment.org/
MN Pollution Control Agency - Healthy and Sustainable Schools – A Guide for Change
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=2368
Green Schools Initiative – Berkeley, CA http://greenschools.net/
Minnesota Dept. of Health http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/schools/index.html
Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative http://www.environment.gov.au/education/aussi/
or http://www.education4sustainability.org/?p=245
Charleston County School District – Sustainable Schools Initiative
http://www.ccsdschools.com/StrategyPlanningPartnerships/StrategyCommunications/Sustainable
Schools.php
Madison Metropolitan School District – Sustainable Schools Initiative
http://sustaindane.org/going-sustainable/in-school/madison-metropolitan-schooldistrict/sustainable-schools-initiative/
Sustainable Schools Collaborative – Oregon http://www.sustainableschools.org/sosi
Palo Alto Sustainable Schools Initiative
http://pacool.pbworks.com/w/page/13548930/Palo%20Alto%20Sustainable%20Schools%20Initi
ative
UK’s National Framework for Sustainable Schools – Eight Doorways Model
http://www.rm.com/_RMVirtual/Media/Downloads/National_Framework_Sustainable_Schools_
poster.pdf
Sustainable Schools National Framework (UK)
http://www.education.gov.uk/vocabularies/educationtermsandtags/6788
International Schools Association – A Curriculum Framework K-12
http://www.isaschools.org/index.php?Itemid=62&id=24&option=com_content&task=view
UK’s National Framework for Sustainable Schools - Leaflet
http://www.aeiforosxoleio.gr/content/sources/SustainableSchoolsLeaflet.pdf
Sierra Youth Coalition – BC – High School Sustainability Assessment Framework
http://www.syc-cjs.org/shs/hssaf
Additional Resources for
School Gardens, Nutrition Education and Farm to School:
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Collective Roots – East Palo Alto, CA
http://www.collectiveroots.org/
School Garden Network of Sonoma – Sonoma County, CA http://schoolgardens.org/
School Food Initiative – School Gardens Program - Santa Barbara County, CA
A partnership between the Orfalea Foundation and Santa Barbara Community College
Center for Sustainability
http://www.orfaleafoundation.org/focus-areas/education/school-food
GROWINGGARDENS – Portland, OR http://www.growing-gardens.org/
Full Circle Farm – Sunnyvale, CA http://www.fullcirclesunnyvale.org/
Project EAT – Alameda County Office of Education http://www.projecteat.com/
Life Lab – UC Santa Cruz, CA
http://www.lifelab.org/
California School Garden Network
http://www.csgn.org/
UC Davis Children’s Garden - http://studentfarm.ucdavis.edu/
Occidental Arts and Ecology Center - Occidental, CA
Healthy School Environment
FoodCorps – National
http://www.oaec.org/
http://www.healthyschoolenvironment.org/
http://foodcorps.org/
Silicon Valley HealthCorps - http://www.healthtrust.org/svhealthcorps/
Kids Growing Strong - CA - http://kidsgrowingstrong.org/
CAFF – The Community Alliance with Family Farmers - http://caff.org/
Shelbourne Farms – Shelbourne, Vermont - http://www.shelburnefarms.org/
Sustainable Schools Project – Vermont http://www.sustainableschoolsproject.org/
National Gardening Association - http://www.garden.org/
USDA – Team Nutrition http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/
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